This post originally appeared on Huffington Post. You can read the full article here.

If we could do it all over again, we would make different choices.

30% of us don’t have the skills we need to find employment. To find jobs that will help us launch our careers, pay off our student loans, begin our future.

And the jobs we do find? Well 42% of us are working in a role that doesn’t even require the degree we worked so hard to achieve. That means nearly half of us didn’t need you, nor did we need to go in to debt for a degree that isn’t boosting our earning power, a degree that didn’t open any doors.

It’s graduation season, and we’re usually the ones listening to the speeches. But right now, there are some things we want to say to you, our alma maters.

You’ve been grading us for years. Now it’s time for your report card. The bad news is you’re failing. The good news is we can fix this.